Fort Worth weekly gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-09-30
her war eagles, with besk dulled and

her war eagles, with beak dulled and
wings broken, flung helpless into the
Tiber. He threw 1t over the Assyrisn
empire of q sh0ussnd years, the thrones
OF Semirsmis, ard Ssrdars palus, :rd
Shalmdneser, Of twenty seven victorious
expeditions, the cities Of Peaicis kneel-
ing TO the scep!re. and al the world
b sDched il the presence. What became
CT ell the grandeur? Ask the fall en-
palaces OF Khorsabsd and the corpses of
her l85, eco sodiery slain By the angel OF
the Lord in one night, and the Assyrlan
sculptures Of the worlds museums, ell
thst HOW remains Of that splendor before
which nations staggered and crouched.
God IS now throwing thst
plumb line over this American
republic, and it Is solemn time with this
nation, end whether we keep his SabbLths
or dishCnor them, whether righteousness
or infquity dominate, whether we are
Christian or lnfdel, whether We fulfill our
mission or refuse it, whether We are tor
God or against Him, We'll decide whether
We shall IS g nstion go On in higher and
higher career or SO down in the same
grave where Babylon, and Einevhh, and
Thebes, end A5syria ere sepulchred.
Out" say you, "it there be nothing
but plumb line what cen any OF us Go,
FOR there is IN cid proverb which truth
fully declares: IF the best mans faults
we're written On his forehead it would
make him pull his hat over his eyes,
what shall We 60 when, according to
Isaiah, GOD shall lay Judgment to the
line snd righteousness TO the piummet?'
All. here is where the gospel comes in
with & S.vi0ur's righteousness to make
Up for our defCiIs. And while I see
hanging or the wall q plumb line, | see
also hanging there g cross. And while
tie one condemns US
THE OTHER SAVES Us,
if only We will mold TO i. And here and
now you may be set free with more
glorious liberty than Hampden, or Sid
ney, Og s KosCiusko ever fought for. Not
cut yonder Or down there, or up here,
| but just where you are you may getit The
| invalid prcprietress Of q wealthy estste il
Scotland visited the continent OF Europe
| TO get rid Of her meiadies, and she went
| 20 Baden Baden and tried those waters,
aid went TO Carlsbad and tried those
waters, and went TO EOmbuTg and tried
! those waters, aud instead of getting bet
ter she got worse, and il despair she said
to a physician: "What sh2il dor" His
| IClsF WHp. hSNIClIC IELu A4C uOGllD-
for you. You have one chance in the
waters OF Pit Keathly, Scotland" "Is
it p0ssible?" she replied, "whY, those
waters sre on my own estate"
She returned, and drank of the foun-
tain at her own gate, and IN two
months completely recovered. Ga, sick
sick snd diseased and shining and dying
hesrer, why 60 trudging eli the world
over, aid seeking he:e and there relief
for your discouraged spirit, When close
by and ut your very feet, and ct the door
Of your heart, eye, within the very estate
| Of your Owa Consciousness, the healing
waters Of eternal lie may be had, and had
this very hour, this very minute, this
very S.bb&Lh? Blessed re God, that over
against the plumb-line tha. Amos saw is
Tie cross, through the emancipatinS
power Of which you and may live ard
live forever!